The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-31
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

IN PARAGRAPHS.
An Old Man Who Assaulted His Grand
daughter Whipped With Buggy
Traces and Driven Out of Forsyth
Just in Time to Escape Lynching.
GEORGIA.
Some of the Mitchell county farmers arc
about beginning cotton picking.
G. NJ. Bacon, of Dewitt, has realized
1914 on five and half cars of melons this
year.
The Prohibitonists of Columbus are said
to be willing to accept liquor license Of
$1,000
It is rumored that Editor Larry CAN'T
will retro from the Athens Banner v dtch-
man to accept a revenue appointment.
The LAGRANGE Light Guards will go into
camp as part of the Sixth Georgia bat
talon, at Warm Springs, on next Monday
week.
James Graham has sold all Of his property
in Senoia to the Senoia Ginnery and Fer
tilizer Company. Mr. Graham received
S2,S00 for the property
James Dennis, of Senoia, has lost in the
last few months about SO worth of hogs,
sheep and goats that We're bitten by mad
dog some time in January last.
-. ". bowers, Oh I1tItNtll, has a tiIiuh'll
a few days old with four legs The hind
legs start out Just above the tail and drag
behind. The chicken is sprightly.
1t is estimated that about 100 cars of
melons, or more, have been shipped from
the vicinity of Baconton, Dougherty coun-
ty, which will bring into the county about
SIS, 900, this being low estimate
Robert Gill, of Patterson, who ninc weeks
ago was hurt by being thrown from and
stepped upon by mule, is still in most
precarious condition. On Monday last the
large abscess, which had formed in his back,
was opened by DR.. b. Hall Smith, assisted
by II. Lamar Whatley, of Blackshear.
Blood poisoning is feared.
The Governor has refused to pardon c. II.
Simmons, one of the famous Simmons and
Watson duo who robbed Dick Croker, of
the Commercial Bank, at Augusta, and who
was sentenced to seven Years in the p0nlten-
tiary The strongest sort Of appeals and in
fluence have been used with the Governor
but he has ended the matter by declining
pardon.
There was a strange freak of lightning on
the telegraph line in the field OF W. w,
Montford, at Buena Vista, a few days ago
1t struck & telegraph pole and shattered it
ard thus it Travelled for mile, leaving signs
on every telegraph pole in that distance. 1t
finally came to where the wire was attached
to green pine tree and there the electrical
current was grounded.
G. W. C.. Munroe brought very strange
plant to Buena Vista Wednesday, which is
evidently a hybrid. 1t has pod on it very
much like a tomato, but the weed has very
much the appearance of the jamestown
weed, or the weed commonly known as the
tredsalve. An entire row in the garden
contains these weeds, which were planted
for tomatoes. Tbs seed were gathered from
tomatoes last year and herein the mystery
Some one suggested that it was an Ewes
apple, but it is more probable that it is
hybrid between the tomatoes and one of the
weeds mentioned.
Reports have reached Atlanta of an out
rage at FORSYTH of revolving nature An
old man named Austin, who some weeks ago
gained notoriety by walking all the way
from his home to see the Governor, is re-
ported to have made an outrageous assault
upon his 9-year-old daughter. The latter
told the story and the whole town rose In
indignation. Austin was whipped with
buggy trace as long as he could stand IL,
and then sent out of town on the first train
to escape lynching. tits said an immense
crowd was at the depot when he was put on
the train. He went to Griffin
As the train arrived at Tarver Sunday
morning last squad of turpentine hands
were seen standing near, one or Two OF whom
had Spencer rifles. The train having
stopped, negro named Bob Leach stepped
up to the coach occupied by colored passen-
gers and inquired if John Larry was ON
board-if so to step out, he wanted to see
him. The festive Larry smilingly stepped
out, and while the good morning was
spoken Leach stuck revolver at
Larry's breast and fired. Larry ran and
Leach fired again; as Larry attempted to
cross the track at the rear of the train he
fell and Leach fired third time putting u
ball through the body about the waist. The
deed accomplished, Leach went off through
the woods A white man in the train called
ont "catch him." but there was no second
TO the move. The cause was on account of
the fleeing of a negro lad who had
started home TO South Carolina to
see dying mother, and was
swindled out of two-thirtls of his money by
Larry. Leach, an uncle of the boy, became
so enraged on hearing Of it that he swore he
would kill Larry at sight, so he and his
friends kept quietly at their work all the
week until Saturday evening, when they
went up to Tarver, with the result above
chronicled. White citizens are not in
terested, and the best colored ones seem to
he i'll sympathy with Leach, as Larry was
professional negro gambler.